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chokidar
Minimal and efficient cross-platform file watching library
chokidarfilesystemfseventsnodejswatch-fileswatcher
Release cadenceEvery 5 months
Last releaseOct 19, 2026
Open advisories0
Changelog quality100% curated
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Breaking changes and a migration checklist for each major versionchokidar 5 → 65.0.0 → 6.0.0Oct 19, 2026 BreakingBreaking3Platform1Deprecated3New2Changed4Fixed25Other3chokidar 4 → 54.0.3 → 5.0.0Nov 25, 2025 BreakingBreaking1Security1Platform1Changed2Fixed1Other2chokidar 3 → 43.6.0 → 4.0.3Dec 18, 2024 BreakingBreaking2Platform1New1Changed3Fixed3Other1chokidar 2 → 32.1.8 → 3.6.0Feb 6, 2024 BreakingBreaking1Security1New3Changed9Fixed18Other7chokidar 1 → 21.7.0 → 2.1.8Aug 21, 2019 BreakingBreaking1New2Changed3Fixed9Other3chokidar 0.12 → 10.12.6 → 1.7.0May 8, 2017 Unknownchokidar 0.11 → 0.120.11.1 → 0.12.6Jan 6, 2015 Unknownchokidar 0.10 → 0.110.10.9 → 0.11.1Nov 19, 2014 Unknownchokidar 0.9 → 0.100.9.0 → 0.10.9Nov 15, 2014 Unknownchokidar 0.8 → 0.90.8.4 → 0.9.0Sep 24, 2014 Unknownchokidar 0.7 → 0.80.7.1 → 0.8.4Aug 14, 2014 Unknownchokidar 0.6 → 0.70.6.3 → 0.7.1Nov 18, 2013 Unknownchokidar 0.5 → 0.60.5.3 → 0.6.3Aug 12, 2013 Unknownchokidar 0.4 → 0.50.4.0 → 0.5.3Jan 13, 2013 Unknownchokidar 0.3 → 0.40.3.0 → 0.4.0Jul 26, 2012 Unknownchokidar 0.2 → 0.30.2.6 → 0.3.0Jun 24, 2012 Unknownchokidar 0.1 → 0.20.1.1 → 0.2.6Jun 8, 2012 Unknown
VersionChannelDateChangesSecurity
6.0.0 StableOct 19, 2026Breaking3Platform1Deprecated3New2Changed4Fixed25Other35.0.0 youStableNov 25, 2025Breaking1Security1Platform1Changed2Fixed1Other24.0.3 StableDec 18, 2024Fixed14.0.2 StableDec 16, 2024New1Fixed1Other14.0.1 StableSep 22, 2024Fixed14.0.0 StableSep 13, 2024Breaking2Platform1Changed33.6.0 StableFeb 6, 2024Changed1Fixed23.5.3 StableJan 18, 2022Changed1Fixed2Other33.5.2 StableJun 15, 2021Security13.5.1 StableJan 15, 2021Fixed13.5.0 StableJan 6, 2021New1Fixed13.4.3 StableOct 13, 2020Other13.4.2 StableAug 6, 2020Fixed13.4.1 StableJul 16, 2020Fixed13.4.0 StableApr 26, 2020New1Fixed2Other13.3.1 StableDec 15, 2019Changed13.3.0 StableNov 2, 2019Fixed13.2.3 StableOct 28, 2019Fixed1Other13.2.2 StableOct 16, 2019Changed1Fixed13.2.1 StableOct 1, 2019Changed1